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To m Lion 11' MAY CONOERNL i Letters .Piz cnt .No. 62,325, dated Febrnimy; 26,186? antedaMdJ'hbru-my 14, 1867. v

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.had to the mhexed drawings, making 1 l'nirt of this spg'cificaiion, in which- Figur e 1 is a. perspective view. l V I V Figure 2, a side view. Figaro 3, a. front View. i FigureA, a. top view Figure 5, a p eispctive'of themouId-hourd.

Figuro 6,, qsectiona-i viewo i' thejmode" of ploughing with fliii-how plough, 'sho vihg tho furrows amiridgss and the method of planting; i

The niitureofmy invention consists in attaching to afi'zimo, restingupoiu un ets,"an inguiar'cu't ting z'tpphratus and a mould-board which lifts'gmd turns the fu'rroii siic'o v'or on thofuhiiioughod part-oifthe lan rh' plo iigb Iing'it in opon furrows aniridgcs, sis shown iii 6,16, 7, 8,-95 19,11, i o 4 To emu-bio others skilled in the art to 'inako anti-use my inventiong-I wiii proceed to riesci'ihgoits ooqstrqc'tion aln'd operation.

4 The frame A, ('see figs. 1, .2, 3,' an d.f1,)"in ivhitth tho gutters and mo illhbhnrii sooul e i, jcoxisis ts ofitivo 'runne 's, (z n'ncib, whi'cii' ,are held to their 'p1:ices by' means of two dross-ties, q and d; gr d ifirzi ly fsstiied to'it" by sqrgvyx or bolts a e s 9.1 The distance at 'whieh the run ne ri'a rs placeii fi-n'mhachbthor dpendsbil thg v'iiiith i of thefurrow intenddto-bbu t; -for' one-horse pioughs they may be from'fivo ijo sixinchss apartQfi Ths runners are n u'nded up in front, inordqr that they may 'slidd'casily over the ground. Thc'u morb (see figi ifis lon'gerthpjn i the oppsite on, a,- in: order to make the.p1ough more steady z r'icito sugportjtho eailofithe mo ld b oard. ','.i.h e c'utting apparatus-E consists of twos-traight orcurved c'u'tter's, f arid g, which {#0 placed ii gs'uch o mannje r is to form an acute angle, to cut a, fui-row whioh is wide on thetoiv andpo'ihted or mu'hdsd h1 t tii'hottom. The cutters x i-e kept in thsil' prope'r'positioi by the cr'oss-tiesfh and d,-and niro iiz bvigild forlhhtjiifposojrith,notch ;i 1 2'2 2' 2', out near their extroniities ifl'siich a manner ins to followthe'ihclifiation of'ths o'utizors'ai d' to mbracef them. The -cr0$s-tie d ismz de adjustable, by moans of theslots klgthrough whichjth e iscrsifsdrf'bqitsi pass forfastening the dross-tic. Thqmdulgl-homrd B is madehloi' 'xiietalg iii fi ont'itihpl s tiis'shaps .bf the lettsr cos- -fespondiiig with; the angle of tho cu ttei' si (Soc fi'gslly; 3,1334 5.)1 To-keepthe moirliihoartl'in its' jarope'rposi i .tion, and to give the plough greater solidity, bot-h .wipg s pfth V -shapedfrofitjsitgf fostqnsd to the'sid es of: runnei'sa a tid 6; The lo\veg ,.par't oi" the mould-boa rdB rises gradunily from the poi its o f'the "lohtt'ers, whe rebj I the furrow slice is forced ris'q towards tho-top of the hind, svhonit, is turnecioy r byi theii iiind 'part'of thej mould-board. Thohind Part or sin; of thelmouid-boarii isrs zip rbrted by the wedge O, hichiis' in tiodn 'cd botiv ep'f the runner} and mould-board B. The h'iihdlo D servc's foi guiding the plough. The hooks I: serve for hitch-3 ing thowo rking czitizi to the plough.

nits in furrow cox-responding to the=shape of the cutte 's; thofprrow slioe is grad ml l y lifte ci hy tho'thohlgi bo'ajd to tho top of the iinploughe'd land", m d thcro t iii nod-ovoi' in such a 'mannerthizt the sod or tog ph t. hoe flown upo th hind. close to the furrow, thiisz ploughing t'l i' lplnd alternately iii ridges' apd fiiy iiiustrotd in fig. 6. two ruimers aiiti a cutting apparatus clhse't o the. land,

I jicivqiztage. The gdvantagcs derived from-the wmfk of this improvii plough are numerous and g 'eotimp'ortanos. 1. It is exceedingly simple i i its pOfiStiuGtiQlL-ShOng anti durablga-nd e osiljhept i i rcpqigs. q Itis gqhsop prairie plough, and the 3131 implement for poor sottiei's on pi airis, who hav-e not the monns' t'o pmchase or hire heavy, c-osfiy piairio 'pioiighs'miri 'thoncocssm'fteams to \yerk them When the plough is drawn forwanhthe c'utti ig'iiiipamtus, :being iwgu lar eniters may into the land, ans 1 hisplough; aftonbping onoe started; -q'uiros no furthefattontiom' oii a'ipobutit pf hsjing 2. It saves one-half of the labor and time inahreakiug up wild -prairies, asionly one-half 0 the land is actually ploughed, the other half is covered with the furrow slices forming, the ridges. (See 6.)

3. One horse is sufficient to work it. It may be worked siugle or in gangs. For instance, four such ploughs, drawn by. four horses, would plough four furrows, each 0t five inches=twenty inches; the four furrow slices cover twenty inches more, making,'togot her, forty inches in one passage of the plough-an amount of work ivhich no prairie plough in existence, with the strongest team imaginable, could accomplish, besides the new plough requiring only one man to drive the four horses. v

4. This plough w'orksthe land in' such a manner thatany kindof crop can be raised at once. The soil in the open furrows can be immediately stirred up and prey redi'or planting. Now the farmer has to rrait months before the sod is decomposed and the lundyin a, proper state to be worked. I

5; Besides the above-nained advantages, it fulfills all the-conditions of rational agriculture. It admits at once the atmospheric air into the subsoil, the ridges afford protection against winds, and partly against the hot rays of the sun to 'the young, delicate plants, which is one of the most indispensable conditions in the culture of forest trees from seeds. The young plant is gradually supplied with loose soil to-eover its delicate roots" and retain moisture; this loose soil is derived from the ridges, which, in the process of decomposition, detach the finer particles, which fall down on thefurrow below or are washed down by the rain..

Claim. What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isi The use of runners herein described, in combination with angular or curved cutters, and a mould-board,

substantially as above described.

' CH. L. FLEI'SCHIVIANN.

Witnesses:

Amman WILLMnNN, R. H. HERIzoG, 

